N31953 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-32-260 built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 16, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
N31953 is reserved by Memphis International Airport since May 27, 2026. Reservation type: Reserved, no fee.
Piper PA-32-260 cancelled April 16, 2013
- Serial number
- 32-7800008
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1978
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 15, 1985
- Last FAA action
- October 10, 2000
- Last owner
- Tarheel Railroad Construction CO INC (Corporation)
Winston Salem, NC - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N31953
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-260 · serial 32-7800008
THE IMPROPER DECISION BY THE NON-INSTRUMENT-RATED PILOT TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS RESULTING IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ACTIONS OF THE RADAR CONTROLLER WHOSE VECTORS AND NO-GYRO VECTORS MOST LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE PILOT'S DISORIENTATION, THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE DARK NIGHT.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site